"price" in seven languages
Meaningprice
Spanish
precio
/ˈpɾeθjo/
masc.learned
Semi-learned (Corominas): the -cio ending was reshaped on the Latin.
French
prix
/pʁi/
masc.inherited
Prix also means 'prize' (le prix Nobel).
Italian
prezzo
/ˈprɛttso/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
preço
/ˈpɾesu/
masc.inherited
Romanian
preț
/prets/
neut.inherited
Catalan
preu
/pɾɛw/
masc.inherited
English
price
/pɹaɪs/
from Latin/French · Old French pris
English → ItalianpriceprezzoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PRETIUM‘price, value’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
One Latin word gave English price, prize and praise, all through French (precious and appreciate come from its derivatives). Italian turned -TI- into zz, French into a final x that is never pronounced.
English relatives: price, prize, praise, precious, appreciate
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In a sentence
- es¿Cuál es el precio?
- frQuel est le prix ?
- itQual è il prezzo?
- ptQual é o preço?
- roCare e prețul?
- caQuin preu té?
- enWhat is the price?
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